This blog is filled with writers block, coffee, books, and a love for the beauty of the world. Warning: I babble.

So much has happened since I last happened…So much…as I´m sure for you it has as well. It´s interesting how time flies when you get into a routine filled with nothing but deadlines and work and you miss all the good things in life you used to enjoy.

I knew it would be hard this semester, I just…it´s really hit me full force. I´m certain I mentioned how I applied for boarding school last year, but did I mention I´m not re-applying? I desperately want to, but…

I can´t believe December is in a few days. Woah. I have so much to do this weekend (school). My parents also want me to do chores and I have to visit my dad since my parents are separated. I also want to find time to read, relax, and tumblr.

Plus, finals are coming up in three (?) weeks, so I most definitely won´t be posting until then. Sigh.

I can´t wait for Christmas break so I can write my novels! I´m so excited! Agh!

Well, that´s all for now…I´m not sure what/when I´ll post next.

But in the meantime…Happy Holidays and good luck to all the students taking finals soon! I know it´s stressful this time of year (money, Christmas, school), but we can get through it!

Wow! It’s been so long since I posted. Only a month, but still. So much has happened. School started on August 12th (I think) and I’ve been loaded down with homework ever since!

It’s Labor Day weekend which is basically the only reason I’m blogging. Also, it’s procrastination. I have tons of homework. Tons to do. Tons to prepare for. And I want to write a bit tonight and maybe watch a movie. It’s not a school night, so I’ll try to do all of it.

But anyways.

I recently finished the book Crewel by Gennifer Albin. I actually could not put this book down.

When in school, and if I have a bit of free time after class, I would usually try to finish homework for the next day or study or something, but this time I picked up this book!

I don’t want to give anything away since the books builds and builds until BAM. You’re like what the heck just happened and the next thing you know you’re off to get the sequel from your local library.

I think the author does a brilliant job at creating her characters. They’re so well developed.

Definitely give this a read if you’d like and let me know your thoughts.

I am so excited for school to start in about a week, you guys. Agh! Yay!

I decided to write about my school essentials today because I always love watching these videos or reading about someone’s essentials. I hope you enjoy mine!

1. A book!

I always, always have a pleasure read with me during school. I don’t get to read much during school, but there’s a comfort in bringing a book around with me. A book is basically my best friend.

2. Ladies, those essentials.

This one is super important. I make sure to always have either a tampon or a pad on hand just in case I need one, or more importantly, someone else who’s run out! Girls gotta be there for each other, you know?

3. Flashcards

A MUST. Seriously. Like I said in my post about studying a foreign language, these are my life savers. I use them for Latin vocabulary and also, science. I’m sure I’ll be using a ton more this year though, so I’m ready. One thing I like to do with flashcards is, cut them in half, so they last longer. I also like to use colorful pens so it’s not so black and white all round.

4. Hand sanitizer

Definitely a must. My school has over 1500 students in it, so you best believe your girl will be sanitizing her hands after every period. There always seem to be something going around every week, and that mixed with missing classes = NO FUN. Makeup work will be awful this year.

5. Coffee

How more obvious can this one be? Coffee is my love. My life. I love coffee.

(Due to redundancy, I’m not going to include school supplies in this)

6. Agenda! (Does this count as school supplies? No? Good.)

I just bought a Lily Pulitzer Agenda and I’m so excited to start using it. I got the large one for $28 dollars (Don’t give me that look! It goes from August 2015-December 2016. That’s basically two dollars a month. A good investment.)

But for real, agendas/planners are overall a necessity. Go get one. Target has super cute ones for around/under 10 dollars.

I think that’s all I have for you. Surprised I don’t have gum on here? Here’s an article explaining better than I ever could. Interesting read.

What are yourschool essentials? I’m interested to know! Let me know in the comments!

But I’ve been missing fall so much. I needed something to get me through these next couple months of summer. Sigh.

Seriously guys, this recipe is amazing.

The only problem I had with it is that I had to bake them way longer than the suggested time. I probably baked them around 40 minutes. Definitely keep checking on yours through the baking process though.

So, I’ve been trying to expand what I read. I checked out a book by Jane Austen and another by Charles Dickens and while they are both highly respected authors, I ended up not touching the books.

But reading is such a non-academical pastime for me. I want to read the books that are funny, witty, relatable (although I’m sure Jane Austen can be relatable…I’ll find out.), but at the same time, introspective. So, I think that’s why I’m having a harder time reading Jane Austen or Charles Dickens. Because while they do entice me, they don’t entice me like YA does.

Saying this, I have another book review in about a week written in the 1800s and I’m currently loving that book.

When I started reading this book, I found it interesting that Katherine Howe split her books into the year 2012 and then the year 1706/1692.

While reading about the Salem Witch Trials and the prospect of them faking, I found myself despising the girls because they had wrongly accused women for being witches.

Personally, I don’t know much about the Salem Witch Trials, but I think I will check out some books and find some online articles about it. I’m intrigued.

I also liked how I could relate to the main character, Colleen, so well. As the book continued, you found out why she had been missing what she was missing–she had been solely focused on academics.

I also liked how the book focused on how teenagers are put under so much stress and pressure in high school, not just by parents and teachers, but by themselves too.

What I also liked about this book was Howe didn’t focus too much on her prospective love interest. Meaning that she didn’t focus the book around if they would end up liking each other or not. She focused it on the connections between 1692 and 2012 and Colleen’s life.

You can also tell that the author did an immense amount of research for this book. It really showed and brought the whole book together.

I don’t buy books unless I’m totally in love with them and this is one I’m definitely going to get for my bookshelf.

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I hope you all enjoyed this post!

P.S. I made these two muffins on Sunday/Monday.

The blueberry muffins are so healthy and they look it too, but they are so good. I also put streusel on top and it made it that much better!

Then, for the coffee cake muffins, I used the same recipe from this post. I omitted the streusel though because it has a ton of sugar. I was craving these, but still wanted to eat healthy-ish so that’s what I did!

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I watched this Ted Talk on Tuesday morning. It’s all about human trafficking and it kept me engaged the whole time. Definitely give it a watch.

7/16/15: Also, have you seen the recent photos of Pluto? I’M ASTONISHED. It’s so, so amazing.

I also finally started my summer reading and plan on finishing it by Saturday. Along with that, I did my third APUSH assignment out of the four that is required so I’m happy about that.

And guess what?! I started running again! It felt so good. I got out of bed around 7:30 and really didn’t want to go running since I hadn’t fallen asleep until late 12 the previous night. I turned off those unwanted feelings, remembered I had eaten 3 pieces of pizza last night and ran.

I’m actually really proud of myself since I hadn’t done that in awhile. I’m going to try to keep doing it regularly now.

Also, one month until school starts! The days are ticking down until registration as well and I’m so pumped. For school and for fall.

A few nights ago, while I was falling asleep, I realized just how exhausted I’d be once school starts. Last year, in comparison to my upcoming year, was easy peezy and the last few months I would come home on Fridays and collapse on my bed.

Just imagine how it’ll be next year when I have all honors/AP/extracurriculars. Whew. I’m ready for coffee and motivation.

Speaking of school, I also want to do more posts like the one I did with foreign languages. Any requests? I’ll be doing a school supplies post, how to stay organized post (+ how I use my agenda) post when school is nearer.

And one more thing: I will no longer be doing this full post updates. Instead, I will just put them at the end of each blog post. Oh, by the way, I pre-write each blog post (except for updates), so if I say I finished a book today, I probably finished it a few days ago. But the updates will be written the day of/day before a post.